Wow! I was quite surprised when I read your posts and saw how openly you talk about your lives and experiences. I admire people who manage to overcome great difficulties in life and continue their lives with strength, like SirShaggy does.
Although I am only 20 years old I think I gained some experience in this theme (a "different" stepfather, violence, two war-blinded grandfathers). Of course, I don't think of myself as experienced but I think I know to value strong people.
I am currently reaching my A-Levels and hope to start studying political science in autumn. By doing this I will (finally) move away from my so called parents.
I used to program in html, php, pascal and java but I stopped because of time issues. I'm going to continue writing web pages and stuff like that when I will have finished school (just one month to go

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